About Me

Kryssie

I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in Feb 2012 (at age 29) after about 3 years of mild symptoms and 1 year of aggressively active disease. I've now developed secondary fibromyalgia as well. It has turned my life upside down.
Before RA, I was a full-time student majoring in molecular biology, dreaming of a PhD down the road. I hope to still do that some day, but for now I have to take things one day at a time.
Some day I'd love to research climate change and possibly help develop new energy/fuel and bioremediation solutions. I love nature and don't want to see it destroyed.

Fellow RA Bloggers

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Do you want to connect with other RA warriors?

Living in a small town in northern New Mexico, there aren't many opportunities to reach out and meet with other people who have RA. I have compensated for this by talking to other RAers online and I have found an amazing group of people who always make me laugh!

But sometimes I feel quite isolated. The people who really understand what I'm going through live in other states and other countries. How nice would it be to have an RA BFF who lives nearby, someone I could meet face to face? In all the support groups and forums I have participated in, people are asking each other where they live.

Wouldn't it be great to have one place we could go to see where our online friends live and to find out who lives near us? Enter the RA Patient Map.

Join the RA Patient Map!

Ý Add your website, blog, or
list more information about your RA and related conditions in the description
field. Most fields are optional so you can add as much or as little info as you
want.

You don't have to use your full name or physical address, but since the idea
is to be able to contact those close to us, it would be nice to have some way
to get in touch. If you want to be more private, use your first name only and a nondescript email address. You can always go back
to the map later and change what information is connected to your marker.

Be sure to share the map so we can get more people added!
You can publish the map into your blog or other website by clicking Print or
Share, then Publish in Website, choose the options you want on your map, then
copy the code into your website.